if rebirth is happening why is it only one tradition claiming to be able to have insight into such matters of recognition? All traditions have their own specific systems of beliefs. It is just that one belief may appear more weird to you than the other due to the way you have been conditioned yours...

It is not conducive to cultivate "old" habits, neither identifying as "me" or appropriating as "mine" images qua consciousnesses arising as alledged "past" nor images qua consciousnesses arising as alleged "present" because all there is is just images qua consciousnesses arising dependently and stir...

Master Gautama detailed 40 meditation objects over the course of a 45-year teaching career. So why is it that Western Buddhists focus on just 1 or 2 of these objects (eg. anapanasati and metta)? Is it because our dhamma teachers don't feel that contemplating the elements or recalling the qualities ...

And what is most mystical is that some people experience this but not that while others never experience this but only that. So it seems that people just experience what they believe in. Isn't that mystical?

"Logic" is just another name for "circuit". "circuit" is an appropriate name in the context of logical thinking too because it refers to the circuit of neurons in the brain. Cultivating this kind of logical thinking people condition themselves to believe that the effects of this neuronal circuit cor...

... so this statement ... If you believe in logic then you are bound to binary thinking because a statement is either true or false ... is false. No it is correct because it reads if you believe in logic . ... because a statement is either true or false, a reason does either apply or does not apply...

If you look at it you will see that all these ideas have just one purpose: to keep itself busy. It is just restlessness. :sage: What I asked is of practical importance. If one follows a path incorrectly, then Awakening will not happen. If one needs to travel west but walks east, then with every ste...

If you believe in logic then you are bound to binary thinking because a statement is either true or false, a reason does either apply or does not apply, something is rightly called "X" and when it is not so rightly called then it is actually "non-X". :sage: Not necessarily. There are other logical ...

If you believe in logic then you are bound to binary thinking because a statement is either true or false, a reason does either apply or does not apply, something is rightly called "X" and when it is not so rightly called then it is actually "non-X".

ps any tips on when passion arises? thanks knighter You mean sexual lust? (since you have been asking about masturbation) If it already arises then it is too late. You should avoid thinking thoughts that cause lust, and avoid seeing sights that cause lust if you find it difficult to deal with lust ...

. Masturbation should be avoided. why should masterbation be avoided ? Should it? Well maybe, at least during meditation ... that means ... as far as I now masturbation does not belong to the conventional meditation methods although there may be quite a deal of concentration involved .... and pleas...

If one didn't have concepts, then, for example, one couldn't distinguish between a door and a wall. The distinguished is the distinguishing. One can, without prior thought, open a door and walk through rather than try to walk through a wall. So, at least some concepts, are built into pre-thinking p...